Friday, October 13, 2006

Destination...Dorksville!

I've been meaning to post about this for a while, but I was too lazy to scan the photo myself and now that it's online I don't have to. My husband Ernesto and I were asked by his associates at New Hampshire Magazine to do them a little favor a couple months back by posing for the cover of their annual "Destinations" magazine, which brings together all of New Hampshire's best tourist attractions, including places to shop, dine and so forth. Of course we were more than happy to do it and it meant someone would watch the kids for a little while as we pretended to be wealthy D.I.N.K.S, shopping in and around downtown Concord. And you know we were once theatre majors when you see Ernesto feigning enthusiasm while shopping with me, and carrying my packages. And there are no little kids attached to my legs. Clearly this is a fantasy world.

Anyway, it was fun while it lasted. Look for my next cover on "Harried Mother Magazine", due out in April of 2007. I'll be the comatose looking one with spit up all over my shirt.

I guess the question I have is, what are you looking at? Because it's got to be fantastic! There's even pointing going on!

That's so cool, though...who gets to be on the cover with their hubby? Well, except famous people, but you know what I mean. And I would so buy Harried Mother Magazine if I wasn't a) harried, and b) a mother. I think I only read that stuff when I was pregnant, saying things like, "when I have kids..."

And then I totally ended up holding a baby while comatose with spit up and monkey poop all over me.

Melissa- I'm pretty sure that Ernesto was saying, "Look! Big Ben...Parliment!!" over and over again. Mostly, he was just being a ham and I was chuckling at him. Also, there's a fountain down that way that's in a little courtyard and the kids were down there with their babysitter, so a good deal of the time we were looking at them, watching them act like goofballs.

Hannelie- Nothing much, actually. Just tissue paper for the most part but one bag did have a nice loaf of bread from a local bakery. No diamonds or anything like that, I'm afraid.

Jody- I don't think we got a photo credit, but we do have a few copies of the magazine, one of which I need to frame and we also got a bunch of copies of the other proofs they were also considering for the cover. One of them even includes the kids, but it made for more of a "Disney Destination" sort of feel. Yes, NH is fascinating and exciting! Everyone should visit here, especially the White Mountains region. I hope to get back up there before too long...